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New study reveals way to save billions on textbooks
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Textbooks costs have risen by 1,041 percent in forty years. U.S. student loan debt has exceeded $1.31 trillion, according to a study by U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR In a time of access codes and increased textbook costs, a new study points to “open educational resources” as a way to save students billions. Open educational resources, or OER, are “freely accessible online and extremely affordable in price,” said Kaitlyn Vitez, a higher education advocate for the U.S. PIRG, the nonprofit advocacy organization which published the study called ‘OPEN 101: an Action Plan for Affordable Textbooks’ on Friday. U.S. PIRG did this study in collaboration with Student PIRGs, a group of students on campus who aim to solve public interest problems. OER provide not just open textbooks to students, but also “full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge,” according to the Hewlett Foundation. U.S. PIRG researched 40 schools across the United States, and the study found that students spent an average of $153 per course. Textbook and supply costs have risen by 1,041 percent in 40 years, according to the study’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. “Previous research has shown that 65 percent of students have skipped buying the book at some point because of cost,” Vitez said during a phone conference on Friday. If these 40 colleges used OER in 10 core courses, students would save $13 million in a single semester, according to the study. If every college in the United States switched 10 classes to OER, students would save $1.5 billion annually. The study also mentions how access
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Charles Harrison, a senior physical education student from Columbia, Maryland, said he has paid nothing for textbooks during his college years, since the classes in his major did not require any.
Two students make a transaction for college textbooks. codes make courses more expensive. Connor Kirk, a sophomore engineering student from Loudoun County, VA said he pays around $500 a semester for books due to 4 out of his 5 classes requiring access codes. “It’s pretty hard to get $500 for your books,” Kirk said. According to the study, 38 percent of the courses researched “used access codes, and ninety-four percent of the time these access codes were sold in a bundle.” Vitez said since students are required to buy assigned material, traditional publishers are taking advantage of them. Vitez said access codes, when bundled with other course material, can “push students into paying top dollar at the bookstore.” For example, the study showed how a college algebra course would charge $147 for a book bundled with an access code. A used textbook for the class would only cost $46. Yet, according to the study, 78 percent of schools in the study used the access codes for
this course, meaning even if a student purchased the used textbook, he or she would still have to dish out money for the code. According to College Board, a nonprofit higher education organization, undergraduate students at a four-year public college like WVU spend an average of $1,250 every year on books and supplies. “We need to find new ways to make sure students who have worked hard to get into college don’t encounter barriers to success while they’re there,” Vitez said. In November, the WVU Student Government Association passed a resolution in support of open textbooks and OER. “OER make sense,” said WVU Student Government President Blake Humphrey during the Friday phone conference. “They support student success by alleviating financial constraints and increasing the quality of learning.” For more information on the study, visit www.studentpirgs.org/textbooks.
“A lot of my friends put in a $1,000 or more a year [for textbooks],” Harrison said. Harrison said if he had to pay this much for textbooks, he would need to get a job.
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Tommy Gigioli, a junior hospitality management student from Columbia, Maryland, said he paid close to $800 on textbooks this semester. Gigioli said he was fortunate to have the funds to pay for the textbooks, but said some of his textbook purchases were unnecessary, since some professors didn’t event teach from the book.
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This Day in WV History... Jan. 29, 1903: The great rhododendron was designated the official state flower of West Virginia, after being recommended by the governor and voted on by students in the public schools.
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U.S. Senate Republican candidate, veteran Tom Willis discusses campaign at WVU BY ALI BARRETT
Meet Tom Willis
NEWS EDITOR West Virginia has the highest population of veterans per person, and congress has the lowest percentage of veterans ever, with 20 percent that have had military experience before serving, according to U.S. Senate Republican candidate Tom Willis. “I think folks are really excited to see one legitimate candidate [that] has real business experience and is also a veteran,” Willis said. “I’m the only veteran in the race. I think it’s important for West Virginians to send somebody with military experience.” After working for the West Virginia National Guard for 18 years, Willis was looking for what came next in his career. “Speaking with my wife and I, we’re looking at where things stand in West Virginia, where things stand in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “We feel like we can best serve our fellow man by continuing service as a statesmen.” Willis said he takes it personally that West Virginia is ranked low in different categories such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, labor force participation rate, teachers salary, education and graduation rates. “When you see a problem and you know you can be a solution, you have a moral obligation to step in,” he said. Willis said part of the problem we see in our country is that we have politicians who get into politics for the wrong reasons. “They end up making decisions not for the best interest of our nation and West
• From Hedgesville, W.Va. • Co-owns a historic hotel, Glen Ferris Inn, located in Fayette County, W. Va. • Joined the WV National Guard in 2000. -Second in command of a U.S. Army Special Forces Battalion.
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U.S. Senate Republican candidate and veteran Tom Willis speaks to WVU college Republicans on his campaign tour. Virginia, but for their own political career,” he said. This is why Willis is running as a political outsider. Willis notices Washington and West Virginia have leadership problems and wants to focus on vision and service. “West Virginians need a vision,” he said. “And the vision that I’m calling for is that we are currently last place, but with a leadership, teamwork
and a vision, we can move to first place.” To do this, Willis said to form a commission to study the states that are ranked at the top. “I think folks will catch that vision because we are very proud of our state here in West Virginia,” he said. “Service is an element of leadership that most places in the world really don’t under-
stand,” he said. Willis said that leadership in most places in the world is structured in a pyramid style where the top, powerful few rule over the many masses underneath. But in America, our system is inverse where, in theory, the powerful persons are at the bottom. Riley Keaton, vice chairman for WVU College Republicans, said the College Republicans
are trying to put effort into getting their membership involved in the primary election this spring. “Tom Willis announced a little bit late,” Keaton said. “So we got him up here; we had him meet everybody.” Keaton said the club has already had West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey visit, and Don Blankenship is intending on coming.
• Received his undergraduate from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Georgetown Law School. • Began as a clerk for a federal judge at the U.S. Tax Court and worked as a tax lawyer at Baker & McKenzie
Policy to appeal academic dishonesty charges revised BY KAYLA GAGNON STAFF WRITER The University Policy Committee, which creates, reviews and approves WVU policies, recently revised the policy and process for appealing academic dishonesty charges. Dr. Katherine Karraker, associate provost for graduate academic affairs, said that the committee also created a website to provide informa-
tion on academic dishonesty and about appeals, including who to contact when a student decides to appeal an academic penalty. “We hope that these processes ensure that students are treated fairly and have the opportunity to appeal academic penalties that they disagree with,” Karraker said. The reporting process includes an updated online policy reporting form, which instructors and appeal reviewers have to fill out. Dr. Louis Slimak, director
“We hope that these processes ensure that students are treated fairly and have the opportunity to appeal academic penalties that they disagree with.” - Dr. Katherine Karraker, associate provost for graduate academic affairs of Academic Excellence and Assessment, held a workshop on Thursday which clarified the new policy, made over the summer. Slimak said the committee
plans to use data collected by the institution to provide educational outreach programs to faculty and students. “How [the data] is being used [is] to reduce academic
violations and [create] proactive, faculty-centered strategies for reducing academic dishonesty within their classes,” said Slimak. Slimak said that one of
the student-focused goals of the revisons was to clarify the policy “so that students knew when, how, to whom to appeal.” When it comes to avoiding academic dishonesty, students should refer to the WVU libraries’ online plagiarism tutorial. “The best thing students can do is be proactive in asking their faculty and instructors to give them clear instructions of what their expectations are,” Slimak said.
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Is it good or bad to take a nap? BY CLAIRE O’NEIL CORRESPONDENT Sometimes after a long day of class, a nap seems like the perfect thing to do. It’s a way for students to take a break from their school work and relax. Yet taking an hour nap can cause problems by messing up your sleep schedule. “Some say a nap a day is good for you, some say you should not nap,” said Shannon Foster, interim director of WellWVU. Foster advises that if you prefer to take a nap, it should last 20 to 30 minutes at the maximum. Taking a long nap can mess up your sleeping time, especially when it’s taken later in the day. Naps taken around 3 or 4 p.m. can cause you to feel sluggish during the rest of the day. It’s also recommended to take a nap where there’s a little bit of light and sound. This will prevent you from going into a deeper sleep. “We have light receptors in the back of our eyes and that controls the melatonin and serotonin cycle,” Foster said. She
“Develop some kind of ritual, so that your brain begins to associate those activities with the act of going to bed.” - Shannon Foster, interim director of WellWVU explained that it’s important to know if your body is getting enough rest at night because if you feel like you’re not, it could be the naps causing the problem. As for a typical night time sleep schedule, it’s best to have at least seven to 10 hours of sleep and sometimes even up to 11 or 12. Consistency is also a key element to a good sleep schedule. Go to bed and wake up at the same time throughout the week. Though class schedules may be different each day, it’s best to still get up at the same time to avoid any tiredness. One important thing to note is that sleeping pills should be avoided. These pills can be very addictive. “You don’t really know what you’re taking when you’re taking those substances,” Foster said. Unless recommended by
a physician or sleep therapist, Foster says to stay away from Melatonin, too Some other things that may be delaying sleep at night are exercising or taking a hot shower before bed. Doing those activities can cause the body’s temperature to rise, which will delay sleep onset. The best way to get a good night’s rest is by having a sleeping ritual. Try doing something that’s unwinding during that half hour before going to bed. Drinking lavender tea or listening to soft music are great ways to relax. In order to stay healthy, our bodies need decent amounts of sleep so that we can go about our lives without having to worry about exhaustion. If you have further questions regarding naps and sleeping visit https://well. wvu.edu.
SLEEP HYGIENEE • Keep a schedule—go to bed and get up at the same time every day. On weekends, try not to shift your schedule more than an hour. • Beds are for sleeping— not homework, chatting on the phone or TV watching. • Be boring—A consistent bedtime routine sends powerful signals to your brain that prepare it for sleep. • Give it 20—If you don’t fall asleep in 20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing—Go back to bed when you feel sleepy. • Free your mind— Thinking too much is bad for sleep. Make a habit of putting your to-do list on paper before hitting the pillow. • The big chill—Because sleepiness is related to that drop in body temperature, cool bedrooms promote better sleep. 72° is comfy for daytime, but the 60°s are better at night. • Limit light & noise—If your roommate or dorm is too noisy, try using soft disposable ear plugs. If they like to leave the light on or watch TV past the time you go to bed, buy a sleep mask to block it out. INFO VIA WELLWVU
Super blue moon lunar eclipse to take place Jan. 31 BY JULIA HILLMAN CORRESPONDENT For the first time in the Americas in more than 150 years, a blue moon, supermoon and lunar eclipse will fall on the same night! The lunar event will take place in the predawn hours of Wednesday, Jan. 31, but only those living in the central and western parts of North America will be able to see a full lunar eclipse. These lunar events are not uncommon to see on their own, but it is extremely rare to see all three events take place together. The last time all three took place together was on March 31, 1866.
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On Jan. 31, a blue moon and supermoon will occur at the same time, a very rare occasion. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon passes through the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow. Unlike a total so-
lar eclipse, which lasts only minutes, this will last for several hours. This rare attraction will
occur at 7:51 a.m. E.T. and will last about an hour and 16 minutes. Those living in California and the rest of the west coast will have some of the best views of the eclipse if they wake up early. East coast residents may still be able to see the blood moon, but it will not be as impressive due to the lack of darkness at the time of the event. Unlike a total solar eclipse, a total lunar eclipse will not damage your eyes. There is no need for special glasses or equipment to view it. The best way to view the “super blue moon eclipse” is to wake up early and travel to an open space free of buildings and light pollution.
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WVU Student Grotto members adventure in a cave.
Student Grotto introduces Mountaineers to caving BY JORDYN JOHNSON CULTURE EDITOR “The Student Grotto is happy to say that we have been able to take WVU students caving for over 40 years,” said Shawn Hogbin, WVU Student Grotto vice-chairman. WVU’s “caving club”, the Student Grotto, was founded in 1977 after it branched off from the “Outdoor Adventure Club.” “It was founded because there was a large subset of that group that had a specific interest in the exploration and study of caves,” Hogbin said. The Student Grotto adventures into many caves throughout the year. According to Hogbin, West Virginia has one of the most amazing caving regions around. The Student Grotto takes trips to various West Virginia counties such as: Pendleton, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Monroe, Randolph, Grant and Berkeley. Some of the club’s favorite caves to visit in West Virginia are: •Stillhouse Cave •Sinks of Gandy •Buckeye Creek Cave •Elkhorn Mountain Cave •New Trout Cave •Sharps Cave •Boarhole •Rehobeth Church Cave •Hamilton Cave The Grotto also takes a trip to Tennessee, Alabama and George, which they call TAG for short, over spring break. They visit world famous southern caves and “do some amazing vertical caving,” according to Hogbin. There are two types of caving that the Student Grotto takes part in. “Horizontal caving,” where one is on the ground and moving from one part of the cave to the other by
walking, crawling, stooping and climbing. “Vertical caving” involves ropes and specialized gear that helps one ascend and rappel the ropes. The WVU Student Grotto is welcome to anyone that wants to join. “Our membership is made up almost totally of WVU students and alumni,” Hogbin said. “Anyone that is interested in the outdoors or maybe looking for something to get you out of your comfort zone, we recommend to join.” “Once you get into a cave, there is no natural light, so it is absolutely dark,” Hogbin said. “Because of this, we all have helmets with headlamps attached.” Hogbin said that the act of caving entails a lot of different things. “I have heard people describe it as ‘intense underground hiking,’” Hogbin said. “You can go from crawling in a passage that is only one foot high, to walking in a room that is a big as a football field.” To join the Grotto, new members must pay a $15 membership fee, which gives them access to caving gear. Meetings are at 8 p.m. every Wednesday during semesters in room 125 of Brooks Hall. He thinks that students should join because the club is an amazing way to make friends, and it is a great challenge. “I think challenging your comfort zone is a huge part of the college experience,” Hogbin said. “Because of this, students should give it a try.” For more information on the WVU Student Grotto, visit http://caves.org/grotto/ wvusg/ or contact Shawn Hogbin at shhogbin@mix. wvu.edu.
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The Alpha Phi sorority house on the University of Alabama’s campus in Tuscaloosa.
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A screenshot from the original video posted to Harley Barber’s Instagram containing the racist comments.
Sorority incident part of a bigger issue BY KAMERON DUNCAN OPINION EDITOR The University of Alabama recently expelled a student who made racist comments on social media. But there is a larger issue at hand. The university’s response to comments made by Harley Barber, formerly a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, was appropriate and timely. The school elected to expel her af-
ter two videos of her using racial slurs went viral. According to the New York Post, Chris Bryant, a university spokesman, said that her comments were “ignorant and disturbing, and in no way reflect the values of the University of Alabama.” Barber’s comments show a widespread lack of respect and consideration for diversity and for people of different cultures. In one of the videos she is shown using a deroga-
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tory term for African Americans while in the company of other members of the sorority. At one point in the video, a lone voice can be heard advising her to not post it, but no one tells her to stop using the slurs. In order to truly advance to a point where we are more considerate of one another, we must hold each other accountable and speak up when someone is acting inappropriately. Barber’s hubris was part of
the reason for her expulsion, as she posted the videos on her own account, and did so of her own free will. It was only after other, more concerned individuals who questioned her actions shared those videos that the university took action. Barber deserves the punishment handed down to her, but the other members of her chapter of Alpha Phi should take a look at themselves as well. On the sorority’s official
website, the organization lists its’ purpose as trying “to obey God’s principles of justice and right.” Given the racist and hateful nature of her comments, it stands to reason that Barber was the exact opposite of those values. If Alpha Pi sisters truly wanted to embody the spirit of their organization, they would have intervened long before she had the opportunity to make those videos. Instead, many of them are
shown in the second video passively allowing her to speak her mind, and some of them are even heard laughing in the background. In the second video, Barber, a New Jersey native, also attempts to give an excuse for her racist diatribe by claiming that she can say these things because she’s “in the South now.” The University of Alabama took action and proved that assumption to be completely false.
Other racial incidents that have happened in fraternities, sororities since 2012 2015 - University of Oklahoma (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) •Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were recorded on camera singing a song about the fraternity that included racial slurs and negative comments about African Americans. According to ABC News, one of the members identified in the video said that the song was “taught” to them, implying that it has been sung in the past. Information via ABC News. 2014 - Arizona State University (Tau Kappa Epsilon) •Tau Kappa Epsilon held a “Martin Luther King Day party” in which attendees dressed in stereotypical “ur-
ban” African American wear. Students also drank from watermelon cups and wore bandanas in a fashion similar to gang members. According to the Phoenix New Times, the chapter was under a social probation agreement after a fight with another fraternity two years prior. Information via Phoenix New Times. 2014 - Clemson (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) •SAE members held a holiday party in which attendees were advised to dress like gang members. Partygoers were seen in pictures holding up gang signs while wearing blue bandanas. The party, dubbed “Clemson Cripmas,” was met with protest from
students as well as Clemson’s Chief Diversity Officer. Information via Raw Story. 2014 - University of Alabama (Chi Omega) •Members of Chi Omega took a photo in which they are seen wearing sombreros and fake mustaches, along with ponchos. One of the members is holding a sign that reads “Will Mow Lawn For Beer,” and another has a sign reading “I Don’t Cut Grass, I Smoke It.” The incident, which occurred at a “Mexican-themed” party, prompted the university’s council on Greek Life to investigate the chapter. Information via Huffington Post.
2012 - University of Florida (Beta Theta Pi) •After a 2012 party, a photo circulated on social media showing two members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in blackface. After the photo was posted to the Facebook page of the university’s chapter of the NAACP, the controversy began to emerge. The fraternity chapter president said that the party’s theme was of “rock stars and rappers,” according to the Huffington Post. The incident resulted in campus-wide protest and investigation. Information via Huffington Post.
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BY CHLOE COURTADE OUTDOORS COLUMNIST
Bill would allow logging in state parks The Justice Administration and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) are attempting to tarnish our public land with the proposal of Senate Bill 270. Or are they attempting to set up a new plan for sustainable management of our state park land? Senate Bill 270 would allow for regulated commercial logging on state parks in West Virginia and has created a massive stir within conservation groups, natural resources professionals and even the general public. To understand the magnitude of this bill, we must first understand what makes a park a park. Generally, parks — any park that is managed by the National Park Service and state parks in West Virginia — are managed with a preservation-based style of management while for-
ests are managed with a conservation-based style of management. Preservation is essentially keeping land free of human manipulation. This is why national parks and state parks are not multi-use lands. These areas do not allow things like logging and hunting on their grounds. Instead they rely mainly on natural cycles and human efforts to preserve resources. Conservation is utilized by the U.S. Forest Service and is what we see at work in national and state forests. Conservation allows lands to be used for recreation, but also for other things like logging and hunting, which parks do not allow. Clear cutting, burning and commercial logging can of course be beneficial to forests. We see examples of that in most of our state and
national forests. These two approaches are not competing philosophies, but instead are reliant on each other to work. There must be a balance of preserved lands and conserved lands. When these two approaches are balanced, it allows for sustainable management of our public lands. One issue with SB270 is that it would jeopardize this balance and possibly open up unprecedented management techniques — that are already legal in state forests — in state parks. “Do our forests need to be managed by humans? No, they clearly evolved into spectacular, successful, healthy ecosystems over millions of years without human interference,” said Chad Cordell, the Coordinator of the Kanawha Forest Coalition.
“However, in the past century, we’ve hindered some of the natural processes that forest ecosystems had evolved with.” “Consequently, due to human intervention and past abuses, some forests are not healthy and they can sometimes benefit from careful management that works to renew damaged ecological systems,” Cordell said. “But our state parks, which have been largely protected from development for many decades and allowed to naturally recover into diverse mature forest ecosystems, contain some of the healthiest forests in our state. In these special places, it would be best not to cut any trees for profit, and to only cut when required to meet specific non-commercial management goals compatible with state parks.” Now let’s look at the economic opportunities this bill would provide. “The Justice administration has been very clear about the fact that they’re pushing for opening up state parks to commercial logging as a way to finance a 20 year, $50 million bond that would be used to pay for ark system
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maintenance and repairs,” Cordell said. “We agree with the governor that our state parks need adequate funding, but locking our state into a 20-year bond and paying it off on the backs of our state parks isn’t the way to do it,” Cordell said. This plan could lead to over-cutting some of the finest veneer quality timber found in old growth forests in our state parks. This plan puts a lot of economic pressure, $50 million of backlog, on timber harvest from state parks. My main qualm with the economic reasoning of this plan is that the timber industry already has so many opportunities. State parks would only provide a miniscule amount of new opportunities. According to the WV Department of Commerce, Forests cover 78 percent of the state and almost all of the forested land, 98.3 percent, is available for timber harvest. State parks only account for 0.5 percent of land in the state. However, the language of the Bill is rather strict and clear in what is permitted as appropriate timber harvest. According to the bill, an acceptable
timber harvest is considered to be no more than “four trees per acre per tract” or no more than “one half of the merchantable timber volume of the acre”. But allowing for half of the timber to be cut is scary. Imagine going to your favorite state park and half of the large trees are gone from your view. This is what brings me to my third point: the change in user-experience. State parks are our lands too, and it’s important we preserve them for the use of the public. Logging isn’t a pretty business on any scale. It’s loud, it requires a lot of equipment and work, and it doesn’t exactly mesh with the current experience of state parks. When I imagine a visit to a State Park, it doesn’t usually include a logging operation occurring in the periphery or really any commercial operations at all. It includes vast and unique recreation opportunities and scenic views that take me back hundreds of years and connect users to the history of the land they are on. Isn’t that the whole point of a State Park anyway?
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8 | SPORTS
MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018
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Recent play could propel Bolden into starting lineup BY PATRICK KOTNIK SPORTS EDITOR One of West Virginia’s offensive sparks may not be coming off the bench much longer. Although West Virginia endured another second half collapse in an 83-76 loss to Kentucky Saturday night, the Mountaineers received another boost from their bench in sophomore guard James “Beetle” Bolden, who scored 17 points off the bench and shot 50 percent from both the field and three-point range against the Wildcats. “If you let him shoot, he’s going to make it,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. “He’s really been our spark off the bench. I mean, I guess we probably need to start him and play him more minutes.” The Mountaineers have dropped four out of their last five games and in three of those losses, West Virginia surrendered a halftime lead, two of those leads were double digit ones. During those four losses, the Mountaineers were outscored a combined 181-126 in the second half. With that being said, it may be time for Huggins to make a change in West Virginia’s starting lineup. Bolden has consistently provided West Virginia with a boost off the bench this season and gained a reputation for his toughness and competitiveness. The Kentucky native is averaging the second-most minutes played from the team’s bench with 17.3 behind only junior forward Esa Ahmad, who’s averaging 25 minutes per game in five games played. Bolden, though, is averaging the most points per game out of the team’s reserves with 9.8. Throughout West Virginia’s five-game slump, Bolden stumbled against Texas Tech, and Kansas was held scoreless in both games, but in the past three games, the sophomore has been averaging 13 points per game off the bench and 16 minutes on the floor. Those 13 points are the most out of the team’s bench players and the 16 minutes rank behind only Ahmad (21) when it comes to the team’s reserves. Bolden has also been battling a groin injury this season which caused him to miss the second half against TCU last Monday, but he played through it against Texas prior to that game and looked unaffected by the injury against Kentucky on Saturday. “I’m a tough kid,” Bolden
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Sophomore guard James Bolden cuts in, so Kentucky player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander flies past him.
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Senior guard Jevon Carter is double teamed on a lay up. said. “I like to push through pain and push through all of that, and I don’t like to quit on my team.” How does Bolden compare
to the team’s starters? Compared to West Virginia’s five starters Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles Jr., Lamont West, Wesley Harris and Sagaba Konate,
Bolden trails behind all five in minutes. The closest Bolden is to a starter as far as playing time goes is sophomore Wesley Harris, who averages 21.3 min-
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Sophomore foreward Sagaba Konate stretches into the air for his first block of the game against Kentucky. utes per game to Bolden’s 17.3. But Bolden holds the advantage on the offensive end of the floor, averaging 9.8 points per game compared to Harris’ six. Aside from Harris, three of West Virginia’s starters average more points than Bolden, except for sophomore Sagaba Konate, who also averaged 9.8 points per game. In the past three games, Bolden has been averaging the second-most points on the team behind only Carter, and that’s with Bolden not playing the entire second half against TCU. Let’s take a look on the defensive side. Bolden, a six-foot guard, has struggled on defense this season but has been making strides and progress. He has two blocks on the season and his 22 steals currently rank third on the team behind only Carter and Miles. But the thing West Virginia risks with substituting Bolden in for a starter is a disadvantage in size. If Huggins were to replace anyone in the starting lineup, it would most likely be either Harris West since Carter, Miles and Konate have proven to be liabilities for the team’s success
this season. West and Harris both stand at six-foot-eight, and if Bolden replaces one of them, the Mountaineers would then have a starting lineup consisting of three starters who stand shorter than 6-foot-4, and the other two would stand at 6-foot-8. Huggins could possibly consider plugging Ahmad into the starting lineup in attempt to help him shake off the rust and add more size to the team’s lineup. But Ahmad has struggled ever since his return and has been held scoreless in the past two games. “He didn’t play very well,” Huggins said. “I don’t determine playing time, they do...I play guys that I think are going to help us win the most.” Based on how Bolden has played lately, there’s a high possibility he will be seeing more minutes and even crack the starting lineup. No matter what happens to West Virginia’s lineup and what Huggins decides to do, the team is in need of a change in order to recover from its five-game slump and starting moving in the right direction.
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Players continue to step up in place of Martin BY JACK TOLMAN SPORTS WRITER At the beginning of the season, the belief was that the WVU women’s basketball team simply had to hold their ground before the triumphant return of their star guard, Tynice Martin. Martin would complete their team and provide that missing piece that would bring it all together. Now, as of last week, Martin was redshirted and that long-awaited return will have to wait until next season. While the loss of Martin is surely a blow to the team’s outlook for the remainder of the season, the impressive play has yet to cease and the team still looks like a top competitor in the nation. Sitting at the No. 20 spot in the national rankings is not so bad for a team lacking one of their most dynamic playmakers. Still, while one of their best players might be missing, this is not a roster that lacks star power. Senior forward Teana Muldrow has become of the focal points of this offense. She leads the team in points per game with 20.5, rebounds per game with 9.4 and blocks this season with 33 blocks. This is a big step up from last season when she was just averaging 14.5 points per game and has almost reached her block mark of 39 blocks she had a season ago. Additionally, the other senior star, guard Chania Ray, has stepped up as well. She is scoring 11.1 points per game, but the most impressive part of her game is her passing. She has 112 assists so far this season. The biggest addition this team made heading into this year was junior forward Naomi Davenport. Davenport has been a game changer for the Mountaineers, adding another big player down low to pair up with Muldrow. Davenport is second on the team with 16.4 points per game, 7.8 rebounds, has a team leading 53 steals and is also third on the team with 58 assists. All five starters for WVU are averaging more than 10 points per game this sea-
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Katrina Pardee attempts to maneuver around a TCU player.
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Chania Ray shoots a contested jumpshot against TCU. son while only three of the starters did so last season. After the excellent perimeter shooting by West Virginia against Texas Tech, especially by guard Katrina Pardee, who had six three-pointers, its ability to shoot from beyond the arc should bode well for the team. “We started out well shooting the ball with Katrina,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey. “We did a good job getting her the ball when she was hot.” However, the team does lack some size compared to some other teams in the
nation. With teams like Texas Tech and Baylor who boast players with 6-foot-4, 6-foot-5 and even 6-foot-7 heights when it comes to Baylor’s Kalani Brown. The Mountaineers tallest starter is 6-foot-3 Kristina King, and while Theresa Ekhelar is 6-foot-6, she hardly plays. The height disadvantage for the Mountaineers hasn’t been too hurtful yet to the team’s success, but it could play a factor in some close games. The team was outrebounded against Texas Tech 32-25, and while the team still won in dominant fash-
ion, that may not always be the case. “We did not do a good job of defending the paint,” Carey said. “A couple of we were on the wrong side and we let them ride us up and didn’t adjust our feet and didn’t get where we belong. We didn’t on the weak side, and we didn’t get pressure on the ball.” Each of their losses this season so far have been against Big 12 teams, and that has set them back in the conference standings. The team currently holds the fifth po-
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Naomi Davenport drives into the paint to shoot a layup against TCU. sition in the conference right behind TCU, who beat them earlier this year. The rest of the season will all be conference matches, so the team will get their opportunity to make the most of it.
Even in Martin’s absence, this team has shown resilience, and if they continue to improve, and fix their mistakes, they could be a very dangerous team when the tournament arrives.
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10 | CHRIS’ CORNER
MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018
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What does WVU need to do? Saturday’s 83-76 loss to Kentucky, which involved a massive second half collapse, marked the team’s fourth loss in the last five games. It seems like ages ago when the Mountaineers were the No. 2 team in the country (even though it was just earlier this month) and on top of the world. Now, they are likely to drop out of the top 10 in the country. Maybe even the top 15 or top 20. This team definitely deserves to be ranked, though. They’ve beaten teams like Oklahoma and Virginia, with the latter coming off a huge victory over Duke and is currently the No. 2 team in the country, sustaining only one loss this season (at WVU). And they are still 16-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big 12, which is the best conference in college basketball from top to bottom. But the team has struggled mightily to play a complete 40 minutes recently. At Texas Tech, it watched an 11-point lead slip away. Against Kansas, it let a 16-point lead slip away. At TCU, it let a seven-point lead slip away. Against Kentucky, it let a 17-point lead slip away. What’s been the problem? For one, the offense loses its mojo after halftime. A perfect example came Saturday versus Kentucky. It fell just short of shooting 50 percent from the field (16-of-34) in the first half. Then the offense sputtered. It hit just 11 of its 34 attempts (32 percent), including a mere three of its 12 shots from three-point range. Shots simply were not falling, and head coach Bob Huggins said his team could not play offense. They even got outrebounded by 16 in the second half alone and allowed a number of open threes, especially to Kevin Knox, who finished with 34 points and a 5-of-8 mark from deep, helping the Wildcats outscore them 50-28 during the final 20 minutes. “I thought we tried to run offense the first half,” Huggins said. “We did a pretty good job of running offense, but then we didn’t run offense in the second half.” That’s been a recurring theme in these losses. The offense loses motion. It does not hit shots. It settles for more shots towards the end
of the shot clock, and it heavily relies on star point guard Jevon Carter. Carter is the focal point of the offense, and without him hitting shots, who else steps up? Over the last five games, he averages 21.2 points, 5.6 assists and 38 minutes. He also scored 18 points on 6-of10 shooting in the first half Saturday to help the Mountaineers boast a sizeable halftime lead. However, the Kentucky defense buckled down. He went just 3-of-10 shooting in the second half, and few players stepped up offensively. The only players that have stepped up on a consistent basis recently are sophomore forward Sagaba Konate, who swats away nearly every shot in sight defensively and can score down low, and redshirt sophomore guard Beetle Bolden. Konate is averaging 12 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.4 blocks during this recent lull, while Bolden put forth a 19-point display in 19 minutes and a 17-point effort in 17 minutes, backed by lightsout efforts from long range. Is this fixable? Yes, of course. But does WVU have a clear answer to fix the post-halftime issues at this moment? “We haven’t figured it out yet,” Carter said. Maybe lineup changes are coming. Huggins alluded to that during Saturday’s postgame press conference. He said there are some players he can’t trust. He mentioned how one player is 2-of-22 shooting at the three-point line, and although no player has that statistic right now, that’s the frustration level kicking in. Maybe Bolden cracks the starting lineup or gets more minutes off the bench? His recent performances seem to indicate that as a possibility. “If you let him shoot, he’s going to make it,” Huggins said. “He’s really been our spark off the bench. I mean, I guess we probably need to start him and play him more minutes.” Huggins also said sophomore guard Chase Harler should play more. He makes a lot of hustle plays, something Huggins loves. And why shouldn’t he? Seeing more offensive contributions from other players like junior forward Esa
Ahmad, senior guard Daxter Miles and redshirt sophomore Lamont West will be critical. In Ahmad’s first two games of the season against Texas Tech and Kansas, he scored a combined 33 points in 62 minutes, hitting more than half his shots. Since then, Ahmad has scored a combined eight points. He’s been held scoreless the last two games on 0-of-12 shooting. Miles has shot a combined 17-of-51 in the last five games, reaching the double-digit plateau twice. West has gone 8-of-28 shooting during that span, putting up scoring numbers of three, seven, two, 11 and five points. “He didn’t play very well,” Huggins said of Ahmad. “I don’t determine playing time, they do...I play guys that I think are going to help us win the most.” What this team certainly needs to do is look back at the Texas game. That was its one win during this fivegame stretch, and everything seemed to click. It put together a complete 40 minutes. It shot 46 percent from the field and 52 percent from beyond the arc en route to an 86-51 throttling of the Longhorns. “Our energy level has got to stay the same throughout the whole game, and I believe it was the Texas game where we played all 40 minutes,” Bolden said. “It showed on the court.” Changes are definitely on the horizon. When a team that looked to be perhaps the best in college basketball not too long ago goes into a time like this, that’s what is going to happen. It does not look good. But this can be fixed. Remember last year, when WVU blew a number of second half leads during conference play? What happened with that team? They played in the Big 12 Championship. They went to the Sweet 16, and if for a couple more made shots, ends up in the Elite Eight and possibly the Final Four. “This is behind us now and we’ve just got to focus on the Big 12 Conference now,” Bolden said. “We’ve still got a shot for that. We’ve just got come ready and prepare for each and every game like it’s our last.”
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Kentucky freshman Kevin Knox throws down a ferocious dunk in the first half against West Virginia.
REAFFIRM March 5-6, 2018
ACCREDITATION NOTICE West Virginia University is seeking comments from the public about the University for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The University will host a visit March 5-6, 2018, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission. West Virginia University has been accredited by the HLC since 1926. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation.
The public is invited to submit comments regarding the college to the following address: Public Comment on West Virginia University Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411
The public may also submit comments on HLC’s website: hlcommission.org/Student-Resources/third-party-comment.html
Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs. Comments must be in writing.
All comments must be received by February 4, 2018.
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12 | FOOD
Food
MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018
BY ERIN DRUMMOND MANAGING EDITOR
Saikou Sushi starts out small, becomes booming business with WVU’s help West Virginia University students have been puzzled as to why Saikou Sushi, located in the Mountainlair, does not accept Dining Plan Swipes as a form of payment. While many students enjoy delicious sushi produced from the location, WVU Dining Services shined a light on the reasoning behind the decision. According to Bryan Jarrell, WVU Dining’s public relations manager, the storefront is too small to produce the amount of sushi needed to support the business the swipes would bring. “Even now, with the sushi available at da Vinci’s, Summit Grab n Go, Cavanaugh’s and other locations, the storefront is running at capacity and even having trouble keeping up with the campus demand,” Jarrell said. “Business for Saikou Sushi is booming, and they are quite profitable.” Along with that, Saikou Su-
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A very colorful and complex sushi roll.
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Sushi is normally served with wasabi and ginger. The purpose of the ginger is to cleanse your palette before eating other sushi. shi is sold at premium price as it serves fresh-made sushi. “If students wanted $10.00 and $11.00 meals for Dining Plan Swipes, their Dining Plan prices would have to
go up to accommodate for a premium option,” Jarrell said. WVU Dining Plan Swipes are also structured a specific way, allowing students to receive an entree, side and bev-
erage. However, Saikou Sushi does not provide options for a side or beverage, which would violate the structure. The University offers Dining Plan Swipes at other loca-
tions on campus for students who still wish to use their swipes on sushi. Gumsan Nsang, the owner of Saikou Sushi, worked closely with WVU Dining while establishing his business in the Mountainlair in order to achieve success. “When Saikou Sushi came to campus, we worked hand in hand with Gumsan Nsang
and his team to develop the company’s first storefront business model, helping a small fledgling business with equipment orders and footprint development,” Jarrell said. “We are happy and pleased to offer the campus a madedaily fresh sushi option,” Jarrell said.